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Authorised form of nameRighi; Augusto (1850 - 1920)
Dates1850 - 1920
NationalityItalian
Place of birthBologna, Italy
Date of birth27 August 1850
Place of deathBologna, Italy
Date of death08/06/1920
Research fieldPhysics
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election06/06/1907
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Hughes Medal 1905
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
CodeNA534
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1907/22Righi, Augusto: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/17/108Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Joseph Larmor, [Fellow of the Royal Society]18 July 1898
NLB/31/894Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Augusto] Righi, Fellow of the Royal Society2 December 1905
NLB/31/713Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor Augusto Righi, [Fellow of the Royal Society]3 November 1905
MS/928/2/134Letter from Auguste Righi, Instituto Fisica, Universita di Bologna, Italy, to Charles Vernon Boys21 May 1901
MS/928/2/135Letter from Auguste Righi, Instituto Fisica, Universita di Bologna, Italy, to Charles Vernon Boys10 June 1901
MS/928/2/133Letter from Auguste Righi, to Charles Vernon Boys12 February 1894
MC/23/389Letter from Augusto Righi, Instituto di Fisica della Universita di Bologna, to Professor [Joseph] Larmor11 October 1908
NLB/38/638Copy letter from John Rose Bradford, to The President of the Torricelli Centenary Celebration, Esposimone di Faenza, Palazzo Minardi, Faenza, Italy15 October 1908
MS/928/2/131Letter from Auguste Righi, Instituto Fisica, Universita di Bologna, Italy, to Charles Vernon Boys20 January 1894
MS/928/2/132Postcard from Auguste Righi, Instituto Fisica, Universita di Bologna, Italy, to Charles Vernon Boys23 January 1894
MS/603/9/158Letter from Augusto Righi, Instituto di Fisica, Universita di Bologna, to [Joseph Larmor]8 November 1905
MS/603/9/159Letter from Augusto Righi, Instituto di Fisica, Universita di Bologna, to [Joseph Larmor]7 April 1913
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